Issue 5: Sound

Issue 5 brings together our two most personal obsessions:
the games we play, and the sounds that make them whole. While the bright lights
and colors catch our eyes, the secret attraction in every game is its sound:
the soundtracks that excite us, the atmospheres that haunt us, the hooks we
remember from our childhood, and the interactive music that points to the
future.

Plunge
into a (real!) deep-sea diving mask to play the scariest horror game—with no
visuals. Visit a student orchestra in Lima, Peru as it prepares a tribute to
the music of Zelda, and watch the
Toronto game and music scenes collide to make Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. Ken Levine and Patrick
Balthrop tell us about the art of building a world through sound in the aeriel
epic BioShock Infinite, while Tetsuya
Mizuguchi teases the mystery of Lumi, the virtual pop idol.

Plus!
Interviews with ubiquitous voiceover star Nolan North, moody DJ and producer Mux Mool, and sultry chanteuse Lana Del Rey. The bastard love-children of
metal and chiptunes. A song for Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
And much much more!